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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Amphytrion" data-source="post: 9726193" data-attributes="member: 7046181">I’m confused about some comments in the thread.No one has ever said there is a wrong way to play, nor that you cannot change things at will at your table. This is true not only of lore, but also of rules and anything else in the rulebooks—which has always been encouraged by everyone both in this thread and elsewhere.That is not what the conversation is about. The conversation is about the importance of narrative integrity within new official publications as they continue previous stories. In my home Waterdeep-focused games, I made the Blackstaff Vajra Safahr into a Zhentarim plant. That was best for my table’s narrative and I don’t think anyone here would frown upon my choice. That being said, it would still be jarring if the official product came out and portrayed her as such.There is a spectrum to these things, it’s not simply binary. Personally, I’m willing to forgive quite a lot if the idea is to give tables more room for adventure (e.g. Sammaster returns), while I’m less keen on replacing one frequent fantasy flavor for another (e.g. Purple Dragon Knights).</blockquote>